Evolution

What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

• natural selection

• mutation

• camouflage

• adaptation

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

• The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
• The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

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These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

• Natural Selection
• Variation
• Homeostasis
• Extinction

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When an organism of a species has an adaptation, it will compete for resources better, survive longer and pass that adaptation on to it's offspring. This process is called

• evolution by natural selection
• artificial selection
• inbreeding
• outbreeding

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When an environment changes faster that an species can adapt, the most likely outcome is...

• ...biological evolution.
• ...voluntary mutation
• ...species extinction
• ...selective breeding

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Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment 

• diversity

• evolution

• mutation

•  fitness

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Gradualism means Natural Selection would normally happen over many generations and very

• slowly

• quickly

• in space

• beyond time

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The special niche occupied by a particular species is called a

• extinct

• punctuated equilibrium

• habitat

• all of the above

Darwin said that the number of offspring an organism has ___________________

• stays the same
• is more than can survive
• is less than needed